Comment Time for Mansionization — Mass, Scale, Character Document

Two public comment periods will be held for the proposed Mass, Scale, and Character document that will be presented to the Venice Neighborhood Council at the May meeting. This is the document that could help shape what Venice looks like in the future.

Architect and member of the committee David Hertz wrote “Members of the Architecture and Design community are encouraged to participate and to have reviewed the proposed recommendations. If you have not emailed Sue Kaplan, committee chair at chair.massandscale@venicenc.org, please do so as your comments will be included in the public record and will be appreciated.

“In as much as you are all involved in shaping the built environment in Venice, your input is very important, although this document needs approval from the VNC and will only be advisory, it could potentially represent what the “ community” feels is appropriate and help shape other planning documents in the future including the LCP which is in the process of being developed. This document could lead to significant impacts to reduce residential projects in Venice for better or worse depending on your position.”

See Darryl Dufay’s critique of document at http://veniceupdate.com/2016/04/22/dufay-critiques-mass-scale-character-report/

This is the document that Venetians, made up of homeowners, architects, businessmen, miscellaneous residents, have been working on for two years. Their purpose has been to define mass, scale, and character for future buildings in Venice without disrupting the Venice Specific Plan and without overlapping the RecodeLA that is presently ongoing. These people and many others have been at this project as an ad hoc committee of the Venice Neighborhood Council, headed by Sue Kaplan, for two years.

Recent Comments

Craig { Great shot Rick You always seem to get it right Way to go } – 1302 8:45 PM

Bruce { Reta, thanks for the link - I listened to the entire segment. Mark Ryavec presented a very balanced argument as to why the Permanent Supportive Housing initiative would be a bad deal for residents. He seemed to be supportive of limited use of motels as transitional homeless housing. I have... } – 1302 6:47 PM

Rick Swinger { Thats very "Good News" Will Hawkins and Thank You and Your VNC Homeless Committee for that! The neighbors on the frontline all around 3rd and now Hampton Dr. are in desperate need of some type of relieve from all this pollution, safety and health problem we have been having here... } – 1202 10:19 AM

Will { The Venice Homeless Committee worked with Lava Mae to find a suitable new location for their shower program and they will open again down by the beach in the parking lot at the end of Rose very soon. It's just taken some time to get approvals for the necessary water... } – 1202 9:26 AM

Rick Swinger { As for the potable showers being moved to the parking lot I have heard this from two different sources.One who works for Park and Recreation so maybe someone should talk to Mr. Bonin office. I can never get a response from them.3rd St has an uncontrolled dumping problem from public... } – 1202 7:25 AM

Rick Swinger { My bad. I first reported that at 630am of Feb 6 after seeing these bathrooms being use at 530am in the morning and talking to a homeless guy who was using them. Seeing that the City had approved of these bathrooms 24/7 on Jan 27th reported here on Venice Update... } – 1202 7:11 AM

Roger of Venice { Will, I agree 100%. I also have to add, that the Air B&B'S are adding to the housing crisis as well. I really think you would agree that we have to address this crisis as well. } – 1102 8:29 AM

Will { 70% of all Homeless suffer from some form of physical, psychological or mental disability. Hard to hold down a job and care for yourself when you're disabled in any way. City officials need to stop pretending that this is just a housing issue and address the def I envied in... } – 1102 7:04 AM

john mcmanamy { So where exactly do all the campers fit? Are they "Mentally Ill" or "victims of domestic abuse". Or where they not included at all? How could they be ignored? } – 1002 9:06 PM

Resident { The reason why nothing was getting done was because Okulick sued them. I agree that they could be a lot more transparent, but the people against the BID have done everything to try to undermine it, Okulick is one of the biggest offender. } – 0602 1:46 PM